Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 ( PTPN2 ) is a tyrosine phosphatase involved in T cell receptor signal ...
Introduction Integrating smoking cessation supports into lung cancer screening can improve abstinence rates. However, ...
Reduced diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) reflects microvasculopathy in chronic thromboembolic ...
Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...
Objective Anxiety affects up to one-third of adults with asthma and is linked to poorer disease outcomes and reduced quality ...
Correspondence to Professor Talat Islam, Department of Population and Public Health Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA-90033, USA; islam{at}usc.edu Rationale Despite high ...
Background Comorbidities associated with systemic inflammation including cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...
Department of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark Background: Little is known about ...
Obesity is a major problem from a public health perspective and a difficult practical matter for intensivists. The obesity pandemic has required treating clinicians to develop an appreciation of the ...
BACKGROUND The development of asthma seems to be influenced by the adoption of a Western lifestyle. A study was undertaken to assess the importance of indoor environmental factors in Nepal where the ...
1 Southampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Southampton School of ...